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NL in the News: Archive 2018

Page Updated: May 03, 2019

Northern Lehigh High School: All-Pro Team 2018-2019

Recognizing senior students who scored Proficient or Advanced on all Keystone tests.
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Northern Lehigh Celebrates Homecoming 2018!

October 1, 2018

The Northern Lehigh Bulldogs will host the Salisbury Falcons on Friday, October 5 at Bulldog Community Stadium for the annual Homecoming Football Game! A parade featuring the Marching Band, Cheerleaders, local Fire & Police departments, and this year\'s Homecoming Court will begin on Center Street at approximately 5:30 p.m. The football game kicks off at 7:00 p.m. with the coronation of the 2018 Homecoming King and Queen at half-time. Come out and support the Bulldogs!

At Northern Lehigh High School\'s Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 8th, 2018, members of the Slatington High School Class of 1968 reunited to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their own graduation from the school district. In addition to this impressive milestone, the class donated a new slate bench that now rests near the entrance of Northern Lehigh High School. Congratulations and thank you to the Slatington High School Class of 1968 for their generous contribution.

Get to Know NL's New Superintendent Mr. Link!

June 1, 2018

Senior Zach Long interviews Mr. Matthew Link, the new Superintendent of Schools for the Northern Lehigh School District. They discuss his previous education and experience, as well as his hopes and plans for our schools. Originally aired on Northern Lehigh High School's "The Dog Dish" morning show on June 1, 2018.

Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Sweeney Todd at the 2018 Freddy Awards!

May 24, 2018

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Northern Lehigh High School's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" for winning Outstanding Overall Production by a Smaller School at the 2018 Freddy Awards! Click here to view Jack Ligenza and Bridget Lynch's acceptance speech from the 2018 Freddy Award television broadcast!

Congratulations to Pierce McGowan on his 2nd Freddy Award Win!

May 24, 2018

Congratulations to Northern Lehigh High School senior Pierce McGowan for winning Outstanding Performance by a Male Ensemble Member at the 2018 Freddy Awards for his role as Adolfo Pirelli in this year's musical production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." This is the second Freddy Award win for McGowan, who previously won Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actor for the role of Lumiere in the 2017 production of "Beauty and the Beast." Click here to view Pierce's acceptance speech from the 2018 Freddy Award television broadcast!

Northern Lehigh Softball Wins 2018 Colonial League Championship!

May 18, 2018

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On Thursday, May 17th, the Lady Bulldog Softball team came from behind for the third straight game and won the Colonial League Championship by beating Salisbury 5-3. After falling behind 3-2 in the top of the 6th, Maddy Peters, Kaitlin Hoffman and Paige Hude loaded the bases and then Shyanna Williams brought them all home with a tremendous triple. Great defensive plays by Katie Yesik, Kaitlin Hoffman, Lauren Hoffman and Alicia Horn played a part in the victory. The Lady Bulldogs are now 18 and 4 and will now play Palisades on Tuesday in the first round of the District XI playoffs.

Northern Lehigh To Hold First STEAM Summer Camp

March 5, 2018

Thanks to the guidance of the Northern Lehigh Education Foundation and the generous EITC Grant from Neff’s National Bank, Northern Lehigh School District will hold their first STEAM summer camp. The camp will be open to students of Northern Lehigh School District entering third through sixth grades in the 2018-2019 school year. Camp dates are June 18 - 21 and 25 - 28. STEAM summer camp will provide students with student-centered, project-based, and inquiry-driven opportunities to investigate careers, conduct experiments, and expand their understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Information will be coming home soon with student. Interested families will be able to sign up on the Northern Lehigh School District website.

Watch NL Middle School's Winning #MakeItReal Entry!

January 25, 2018

Northern Lehigh Middle School students recently won AutoDesk’s #MakeItReal contest, receiving $25,000 worth of technology equipment to start a MakerSpace in their school library. Check out their winning video above!

A small group of Northern Lehigh Middle School students entered AutoDesk’s #MakeItReal contest for a chance to win $25,000 worth of technology equipment to start a MakerSpace in their school library. The art teacher and librarian, Mary Frank and Krystle Tiedeman, guided the students in the process and couldn’t be more proud of their achievements. “It was never about winning. It was about showing our students and our community that collaboration and creative problem solving should be highlighted,” Mrs. Tiedeman noted. Mrs. Frank reinforced this, stating, “The prizes are awesome, but our students were already winners. They already committed to helping bring more STEAM to our school through a MakerSpace, no matter what the outcome of the contest.”

Winning may not have been the focus, but Northern Lehigh is certainly ecstatic it was the outcome. Cheers of applause could be heard through the halls after the unofficial announcement, and the MakerSpace Team could hardly contain themselves during the unboxing of their rewards. The students’ contest submission stood out in a field of impressive contenders, each imaginatively describing what could be created with access to the latest tools. The eighth graders wrote, directed, filmed, starred in, and edited a short video for the contest. They also enlisted some of their classroom teachers to take on the roles of transforming educators and voiceover talent. Students used low-tech Maker Mentality to create a visual story that demonstrated STEAM skills and cross-curricular collaboration as well as creative hands-on problem solving to prove Northern Lehigh is ready to #MakeItReal. Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Tiedeman were tasked with completing the written portion of the application, justifying the incorporation of the prize materials and describing the impact winning would have on the school.

Mikel Chase, Paige Craddock, Daniel Gonzalez, Ty Moffitt, Aiden Pesesko, Camryn Torres, and Elizabeth Panetta presented their video submission at the Northern Lehigh School Board Meeting in December. The district and community have been anxiously awaiting the public announcement from AutoDesk, which officially named Northern Lehigh Middle School winners of the #MakeItReal contest on January 19th. The NL MakerSpace Team’s creative collaborative efforts have secured more than just $25,000 worth of valuable technology, which consists of 10 Chromebooks, 1 Dremel Idea Builder 3D Printer, 1 Full Spectrum Laser Cutter, 2 Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headsets, 5 SparkFun Inventor's Kits, 10 Arduino Basic Kits, and 1 Mobile MakerSpace Cart. These students have also served as the catalyst for change at Northern Lehigh Middle School; sparking the Maker Movement, demonstrating how to dream big and #MakeItReal together.